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motor scooter

British  

noun

  1. Often shortened to: scooter.  a light motorcycle with small wheels and an enclosed engine

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Many have noted the slow postpandemic recovery of motor scooter sales, a product seen as an indicator of how entry-level consumers are doing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Before graduate school, he invested in a Colombian floor tile company while on a motor scooter trip in South America.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2024

Eventually, her cardiologist did write her a prescription for a motor scooter, but it couldn’t be delivered for six months and she ended up having to create a GoFundMe to get one sooner herself.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2023

One of his first books, “I See By My Outfit,” was about a cross country motor scooter trip the two friends took in the 1960s.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

The motor scooter was an old-fashioned model: big and baby blue.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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